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An injury to one is an injury to all

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An injury to one is an injury to all is a motto popularly used by the Industrial Workers of the World who are also known as the "Wobblies." In his autobiography, Bill Haywood credited David C. Coates with suggesting a slogan for the IWW: an injury to one is an injury to all.[1] The slogan has since been used by a number of labor organizations. The slogan reflects the fact that the IWW was "One Big Union" and organized skilled and unskilled workers. The slogan is still a popular one used by the Wobblies.

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  1. William Dudley Haywood,The Autobiography of Big Bill Haywood, 1929, pp. 186.